Finding Funding: Home
PIVOT-- One stop shopping for funding
Pivot (from ProQuest) is a subscription-based service provided to Pitt researchers to locate funding from government entities as well as foundations and other non-profit orgranizations. It is updated regularly and, quite honestly, should be your first stop when looking for funding! The Office of Research has offered classes in the past to ensure you get the most from Pivot.
Take it for a test drive. I think you will find it every bit as useful as I do!
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PivotSearch US and Non-US government funders, private foundations and public charities. Advanced search features make the job easier.
Funding Resources at Pitt
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Pitt Office of Research: For researchersGeneral information page for researchers with up-to-date announcements and links to key resources and offices.
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Office of Research, Health SciencesResearch funding sources, grant application help, successful grant examples
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Competitive Medical Research Fund (Office of Research, Health Sciences) University of PittsburghThe intent of the CMRF program is to provide funds for junior, independent scientists to develop the preliminary data and refinement of procedures and hypotheses that will enable submission of highly competitive applications to national funding sources.
Autoalerts
The following sources provide options for receiving automatic updates on funding opportunities by email.
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PivotSearch US and Non-US government funders, private foundations and public charities. Advanced search features make the job easier.
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Grants.gov email subscriptionsUsers must register as individuals or as organizational members. Once registered, use the Connect tab to set up saved searches and subscript to automated lists.
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WatchThatPageUse to monitor changes to websites that don't provide email alerting services
For International Applicants
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PivotSearch US and Non-US government funders, private foundations and public charities. Advanced search features make the job easier.
US Federal Current and Future Funding Resources on the Internet
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Federal Contracting reportsAnnual catalog of all federal funding mechanisms, including grants. Use CFDA numbers for searching in Grants.gov . Formerly called the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
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Grants.govFind and apply for current funding opportunities from 26 federal agencies. You can also search for anticipated HHS funding that is in development by choosing "Forecasted" under Opportunity Status on the search page.
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NIH Office of Extramural ResearchNIH funding opportunities; grant writing advice; career development and grants
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FedBizOppsBusiness contracts, not research grants, but some are contracts for outside research expertise to support government research projects.
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US Department of Health and Human Services: Grants and Contractsgrant seeking and management information across HHS agencies
US Federal Historical Funding Resources on the Internet
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NIH RePORTERFind currently and previously funded grants from NIH. Contains more current information than Federal RePORTER.
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Federal RePORTERSimilar in content to NIH RePORTER, Federal RePORTER has a faster interface, and simpler navigation, in addition to including other federal agencies besides NIH.
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National Science Foundation Awards SearchCurrent and previously funded NSF grants
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HSRProj (Health Services Research Projects in Progress)Voluntarily submitted records about health services research funded by various sources
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PubMedUse PubMed Publication Type headings for research support type to narrow a topic search down to particular types of funders
Private Funder Resources on the Internet
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Candid: Non-profit information sourceCandid was born February 1, 2019, when Foundation Center and GuideStar joined forces. We connect people who want to change the world with the resources they need to do it.
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Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Nonprofit Resource CenterA Cooperating Collection for the Foundation Center, they provide in library access to the Foundation Center subscription databases to library card holders.
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Find other FC Cooperating CollectionsGet access to the Foundation Directory Online with records of more than 140,000 U.S. foundations through the Funding Information Network (FIN) access tool.
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CANDID: Demystifying the 990 PF (IRS information return U.S. private foundations file)Find out how and why to use foundation tax forms to understand their giving patterns
For New and Early Stage Investigators
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PivotSearch US and Non-US government funders, private foundations and public charities. Advanced search features make the job easier.
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AHRQ: Research Training and EducationAHRQ provides an array of pre-doctoral and postdoctoral educational and career development grants and opportunities in health services research training.
Questions? Comments?
Helena VonVille
Contact:
Room 200 Scaife Hall
3550 Terrace St
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
3550 Terrace St
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
412-648-8927